Carlson's dramatic comeback spoiled

Gibraltar Carlson senior Dustin Demitroff was in the right spot at the right time in Monday night’s game against Allen Park.

“ We turned the ball around and I tried flicking the ball. It took a touch to the left- hand side and it went in,” Demitroff said.

The Marauders came back from a 0-2 deficit in the second half and made it a 2- 2 game with 12: 32 remaining, but luck was not in their favor.

Allen Park’s Zach Hill put one in the net with 47.8 seconds left for a 3- 2 victory. Reebehl El-Hage and PJ Deeg scored the other goals for Allen Park in the first half.

“ We played great the second half. We had a lot of good pos­session,” Demitroff said. “ We started slow and I guess didn’t have a good warm up.”

The Marauders remained scoreless going into the second half until sophomore Erick Ser­ratos put one in the net at the 30: 06 mark. Demitroff tied the game with his goal.

“ The boys really turned it around in the second half. They dominated in the second half,” said Carlson coach Mario Paro­dy. “It was a complete 180 turn­around.”

The Marauders had help from junior Joe Williams, who con­trolled the pace in the middle, senior Mario Parody in goal and his younger brother, Lorenzo Parody in the back.

“ We had good ball control, focus of the game and intensity,” said coach Parody.

Those three elements really kicked in during the second half for the Marauders, but was just shy of adding another win to their re­cord.

This marks Parody’s first year as a Carl­son soccer coach. He said this isn’t the first time he has coached his two sons, Ma r io and Lorenzo. “It’s always a pleasure and e x p e r i e n c e to coach my sons,” he said.

“ But some­times it’s dif­ficult too be­cause you have to forget you are the dad. Ev­ery shirt and uniform is the same to you.”

Parody will lose 11 players next year to graduation, including his oldest son, Mario. The Marauders are now 1-3 for the season.

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